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Technology and Warfare

Technology and Warfare. Dystopia. Society unworthy of humans Totalitarian state ( 1984, Kallocain ) Developmental derailment ( Fahrenheit 451 ) No choice No freedom No alternatives. George Orwell, 1903-1950. World War II Insecurity Atomic bomb Annihilation

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Technology and Warfare

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  1. Technology and Warfare

  2. Dystopia • Society unworthy of humans • Totalitarian state (1984, Kallocain) • Developmental derailment (Fahrenheit 451) • No choice • No freedom • No alternatives

  3. George Orwell, 1903-1950 • World War II • Insecurity • Atomic bomb • Annihilation • Stability = continued warfare 1984, 1949 Animal Farm 1945

  4. Summary • 3 super-states: • Oceania = America + Britain • Eurasia = Russia + Europe • Eastasia = China + the Asiatic countries • London - Airstrip One • 4 ministries: Truth, Love, Peace, Plenty

  5. Summary II • Thought Police • Contradictions • Big Brother • The Proles = 85 % • Conditions were bad • No laws • Social activities • No privacy • Sex for procreation – soldiers for the State

  6. Summary III • Language – vocabulary • Good – plusgood – doubleplusgood / ungood etc. • The Past – infallibility • Power for Power’s sake • Fear is the ruler • Violence and Torture • The Brotherhood? • Winston and Julia

  7. George Orwell, 1984 • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5464625623984168940# • Equilibrium • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dH5UAv-JiM

  8. Questions • Correlations between our society today and that depicted in 1984and Equilibrium? • The role of the media (propaganda?) • War – (9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan)? • Power • Corruption (politicians?) • Individual identity • Classes and privileges • Love and Sexuality

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